Wednesday, February 3, 2016

2017 Volkswagen Tiguan First Drive: Sampling a Euro-Spec Tiguan to Unlock the Secrets of Our Version

-Driving new vehicles before they officially go on sale often requires asterisks. Option packages and pricing typically aren’t finalized, EPA fuel-economy numbers may not have been released. The disclaimers for our first experience with the 2017 Volkswagen Tiguan, on the other hand, read like those for reality court TV, where everything’s true, except the names, places, and events have been changed. To that point, the prototype European-spec Tiguan we drove on frozen roads and lakes in northern Sweden is essentially the same as the American-spec model coming stateside in the second quarter of 2017, only the wheelbase, engine, transmission, and suspension will be different. READ MORE ››